Open Source Company
125 Stories
Open source needs successful champions
News Open source industry needs profitable proponents to illustrate success, attract funding and encourage participation, says Red Hat CEO.
Tags: Open source, Linux server OS, Open Source, Google Inc., U.S., revenue, Asia, Red Hat Inc., ISV, open-source company
Microsoft: We're all 'mixed source' firms
News Software maker's top intellectual property lawyer says distinction between open source and commercial software has largely gone away.
Tags: Open source, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Software licensing, Microsoft Corp., Alcatel, Red Hat Inc., IP, Novell Inc., intellectual property
Trolltech to release mobile Linux suite
News Company aims to make it easier for Linux to be incorporated into low-cost consumer handsets, offering "out-of-the-box" software suites.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Mobile platforms, Open source
Xandros to swallow Linspire
News The company that once raised Microsoft's ire with its Linux-based Lindows operating system is being purchased by another of the smaller Linux players.
Tags: Linux, Open source, Xandros, Linux Company, operating system, Linspire, software, Redmond, open-source company, Linux Distribution
Former MySQL CEO Mickos joins Benchmark
News Open source database company's one-time chief executive is now entrepreneur in residence at a leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Marten Mickos, Open Source, E-mail, MySQL, Benchmark Capital, entrepreneur, software, CEO, Business Strategies & Functions
Novell releases Suse Linux Enterprise 11
News The latest version of the enterprise Linux distribution includes a full runtime environment for Microsoft .NET applications.
Tags: Business applications, Microsoft Corp., Unix, Novell Inc., Mono Extension, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, Customer, Microsoft .NET, SuSE, SuSE Linux
Red Hat scoops up JBoss
News Ending speculation, Linux distributor shells out US$350 million for open-source Java company.
Tags: Linux, Linux desktop OS, Linux server OS, Open source, Acquisitions
Lindows wins one against Microsoft
News The legal battle with the software giant, in which Lindows has been running a gantlet of courts over trademark infringement, seems for the moment to be going in the open-source company's favor.
BEA buys Incomit to beef up telecom software
News Move is part of company's plan to create industry-specific versions of its WebLogic software.
Tags: Business applications
JBoss servers comply with standards
News Application server supports EJB 3 for simpler Java server programming, and portal gets in line with portlet spec.
Tags: Java, App servers, Open source
Red Hat and JBoss: No turning back for open source
News Red Hat's US$350 million buy of JBoss speeds up action between open-source upstarts and entrenched software titans.
Tags: Linux, Open source, Acquisitions
Industry veterans bet on open-source model
News Ex-Microsoft exec gets behind a start-up that aims to become the Dell of the software industry.
Tags: Open source
Using gateway antivirus? You could be sued
News Trend Micro is suing Barracuda Networks over its use of the free open source antivirus software, ClamAV. If it wins, open source advocates fear it threatens all users of the free software and will legitimize the use of patent law to attack OSS.
Tags: Corporate law
Start-up targets open-source Web services
News WSO2, based in Sri Lanka, will look to commercialize and support the Apache Axis Web services tool set.
Tags: Web services
Sun, JBoss settle Java dispute
News Sun Microsystems and open-source software maker JBoss Group have resolved a long-standing dispute over a key Java standard.
